Munich (dpa / lby) – Bayern Munich’s coach Alexander Straus has criticized the appointment density in women’s football. Next year’s program will be “crazy”, said the Norwegian before the final group game in the Champions League on Wednesday (9 p.m.) against Benfica Lisbon. “You have to focus on the people, the players, you have to protect them.”
Long before their end of the year on their home campus, the women from Munich, who qualified early for the quarter-finals of the premier class, had to struggle with failures again and again. “Load control is important,” stressed Straus on Tuesday. He also took a look at the time since the outbreak of the corona pandemic in 2020. “Maybe you switched from 0 to 100 too quickly,” said Straus.
Last week his team qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League with a 4-0 win at bottom of the group FC Rosengard. If the top team FC Barcelona, who have the same number of points, slip up, they can even win the group. Quarterfinals and semifinals will be drawn on February 10th.
“We want to end the year with a win,” said offensive player Georgia Stanway, who had led the Munich team to a 3-2 win with two late goals in the spectacular first leg after being 2-0 down.
Lina Magull and Linda Dallmann will be absent through injury, and Laura Benkarth is doubtful. Karolina Vilhjalmsdottir and Maximiliane Rall, on the other hand, are returning to the squad.